I enjoyed all of DiAnn Mills novels and have started on another series. This story was fascinating with the twists and the descriptions of central Texas. Her characters were good and all in all I enjoyed it quite a bit.

I read the first two in this series a while back, and was glad to see the third and final one in the Call of Duty series was available on Hoopla from my library. I read the first one way back in 2010, and the second in 2014 (one free, the second via Amazon Prime, since my local library has none of these in print). Each are basically stand-alone, good reads. About a female law enforcement officer. This one focused on FBI agent Bella Jordan, out of the Houston office, who returns to the rural West Texas town she grew up in, chasing those searching for buried treasure, and ready to kill anyone and everyone in their path to find the gold. I didn't figure all of this one out, so it was a very enjoyable read for me, kept me guessing!

3.5 stars
I really enjoy DiAnn Mills' books whether historical romances or contemporary suspense, I'm rarely disappointed. Her latest book is Pursuit of Justice, the third installment of the contemporary suspense series, Call of Duty. While not as believable a story and not as much romance as the previous books I still enjoyed it.

First off if you have an aversion to reading about murder and corpses turning up you might want to steer clear of this story. It's not graphic but it's probably not for the most sensitive of readers. That said even though there were a lot of murders I felt that they were almost skimmed over. I don't like grisly stuff but I like to read details that involve CSI, forensics, and things like in suspense novels and that just wasn't present in this story. I will say this however, usually I can pick out the "bad guy" pretty quickly but Ms. Mills threw me off! I was genuinely surprised by who one of the villains turned out to be!

The characters themselves, Bella and Carr, weren't the most dynamic and original but still I had an interest in them and what would happen with their lives. I knew right away that Carr, the reformed bad boy/ladies man would be a favorite of mine and he was. Bella, was a tough as nails girl which is what one expects of an FBI agent so she didn't disappoint in that sense but I felt rather detached. She was almost too tough! While she finds redemption by the end of the story I felt that everything wrapped up too quickly. With the lifelong difficulties that she faced with her father which shaped her life, I felt that one or two chapters at the end didn't do them justice. Don't get me wrong I still enjoyed this book and DiAnn Mills is still a go to author of mine this just wasn't my favorite. I'm really looking forward to seeing what direction she takes with her next series.

* I received my complimentary copy from the publisher in exchange for posting my honest review.*